Redbreast is a brand of single pot still type Irish Whiskey. The only consistently available expression is a 12-year expression – although a 15 year old expression was released in 2010 and is expected to be an ongoing bottling variation. Redbreast comes in a green bottle, and the 12 year old is 40.0% ABV (80 proof) – whereas the 15 year old is at 46% ABV and is non-chill filtered. It is produced at the New Midleton Distillery by Irish Distillers, a subsidiary of Pernod Ricard.[1] In 2010, the Redbreast 12-year varation was proclaimed Irish Whiskey of the Year by whiskey writer, Jim Murray, and was also nominated as #1 buy in John Hansell's Buyer's Guide, which gave it a rating score of 96 points.
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Redbreast is one of the few single pot still whiskey brands produced today (along with Irish Distillers' Green Spot), and is the only one with an age statement. Note that all single malts are also purely from a pot still, but are generally distilled twice, whereas the whiskeys used for single pot still whiskeys are generally distilled three times.[citation needed] Single pot still whiskeys use partially unmalted barley, so they cannot be technically called a single malt.
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